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Cobourg Information

As well as general information on why Cobourg is a great place to live, there is also information on Transit, Parking, Council, Medical services and more. (Go here). The section on Entertainment is one of the most popular pages on the site - it is updated regularly and is a guide to what's on.

About the Entertainment Calendar

Events on the Calendar are collected from various online calendars available for the area. Since the focus is on Entertainment in Cobourg, the following rules apply:

The event must be in Cobourg or close by with a notable exception being the Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny event which is in Port Hope.

Major one time Sporting events are included but not ongoing sporting events such as Cougar scheduled games.

Events for a purely commercial purpose are not included - e.g. seminars promoting a product. Occasional bar entertainment is sometimes included - there is some ongoing bar entertainment listed on this page.

Fund-Raising events are included providing they can be classified as Entertainment.

Educational Events such as seminars are included even though strictly they may not be entertaining!

If you wish to have your event added to the Calendar and it's not already listed and it meets the above criteria, email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Cobourg News

Site structure

For technical reasons, the news section is now on a separate URL - CobourgNewsBlog.com (or CobourgNewsBlog.ca).

Technology

The site is fully encrypted as shown by the https prefix and the padlock icon in the URL box.

Joomla was used to build the site. Joomla with the template used is fully responsive which means it is fully compatible with tablets and phones. Generally, the site is updated to the latest version within days of it being released.

The site is optimized for use with Chrome which is the most popular browser. Firefox also works well.

Flash is only used in a few places and is not required for a good user experience.